𝓙𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓟𝓻𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓭 || D. Grayson

ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ꜱᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇꜱ

a/n: hal jordan crashing out over his two children (more specifically his daughter because we KNOW that girl is making him age prematurely) while dealing with the League is my favorite version of this man

hope this filler chapter makes up for my unplanned absence due to severe writers block and other reasons

~Hal's POV~

"Lanterns, we need to talk!"

"Carol!?" I grinned, practically running up to her. "What are you doing here? The trial's not done yet!"

"I was in Zamaron and decided to stop by," Carol hummed and kissed me. "We have to talk about our daughter."

"Zaria?" I blinked, rubbing the back of my neck. "Is she okay? Is Kyle-"

"Kyle's fine, so is Zar... kinda."

"What's going on?"

"Well... she's in a relationship with Dick, so that's great for her. Aced her midterms, might be getting another Ring soon... Oh, and Kyle-"

"Back up," I interrupted and crossed my arms. "How many does she have now?"

"Seven..." Carol hesitated and my eyes widened. "The newest one is compassion... There's one left and she completes the Spectrum."

I stared at her like she'd just told me the universe was collapsing... again.

"Seven?" I repeated, my voice coming out a little too sharp. "You mean to tell me my daughter, our daughter, has seven rings?"

"You say that like she collected them from a cereal box, Hal."

"Guy, John, get your asses over here!" I yelled.

John was the first to appear, arms folded, calm as ever.

"What's with the yelling, Hal? I can hear you from across the hangar."

"Good. You should hear me," I snapped, pointing at Carol like I was about to file an intergalactic complaint. "Apparently our daughter now has seven Rings! And I just know Kyle is probably enabling whatever chaos she has up her sleeves."

"Seven?" Guy wandered in behind John. "Did she rob the Emotional Spectrum or something?"

"No one robbed anything, Guy. She earned them. The Rings chose her." Carol defended. "She's mastered every emotion except for one... But it's hovering above her, waiting until the right moment."

"Which one?"

"Love. Once it fully chooses her, she controls the Emotional Spectrum."

"You mean to tell me your kid is one Ring away from being the most emotionally powerful being in existence?" John let out a low whistle, rubbing a hand over his jaw. "Damn..."

"That's exactly what I'm saying!" I snapped, pacing. "And you're all standing here acting like that's normal!"

"It's Zaria, Hal," Carol said pointedly, folding her arms. "Normal stopped applying to her a long time ago."

"She's rage personified, Carol! She's leveled planets with a single Ring... Hell, the Guardians killed her because she held more than one and the embodiment of death brought her back!"

"If it makes you feel any better, she's the only one I trust to handle that kind of power," Guy shrugged.

"It doesn't."